The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of women’s sumo wrestler arrive in the area near Tokyo. The group of female sumo wrestlers include Tomoyo and Tamae. Meanwhile, Tetsu and Daijiro are members of an anarchist group. They go...


After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of women’s sumo wrestler arrive in the area near Tokyo. The group of female sumo wrestlers include Tomoyo and Tamae. Meanwhile, Tetsu and Daijiro are members of an anarchist group. They go...

Director: Takahisa Zeze
Writer: Takahisa Zeze / Toranosuke Aizawa / Takahisa Zeze
Stars: Masatoshi Nagase / Shun Sugata / Masahiro Higashide / Arata Iura / Tatsushi Ohmori
Genre: Drama / History
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